Bill-file



U ITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOHN E. GORMAN, QENEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BILL-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,338 dated November 8, 1881.

Application filed March 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN E. GORMAN, a

citizen of the United states, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and-State of New the letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to new and useful improvements in paper-files, and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a top-plan view; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a perspective, taken from the rear; Fig. 4, a detached view of the slide, standard, and camlever; and Figs. 5,6, and 7 are detail views of modifications of the binding and rail devices. Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, A indicates the main frame,"consisting of the sides a, base a, and end (1 as shown.

B represents a longitudinal central recess in the base a, having side recesses, 12, and a downwardly-beveled portion, 7), at the rear end. In the recesses b are secured metal castings B, preferably duplex,.each having flangesb vertical recess b and bearing-lug 12 These castin gs are readily removable, and a horizontal ear, 6*", serves to hold them firmlyin place. Operatin g in this recess B is a sliding frame, 0, having projecting portions 0, which operate beneath the longitudinal flanges b of the castings B, and having a rigid standard, D, havin g a beveled upper surface, d. The standard D bears against a follower, D, which follower confines the papers between itself and the end a, the bearing-surface, when in operation, being against the entire vertical forward surface of the standard D, which holds the follower D against the pressure of the contained papers in the file.

desired position at will by the action of a cam,

F, formed upon a lever, f, having bifurcated portion f, and being pivoted at f 2 to a longitudinal centralrib, c, as shown. The sliding frame and standard are forced against the spring of the contained papers as far as desired, when the lever f is elevated until the cam F is brought into frictional and binding contact with the flanges I)? of the castings B.

The castiu gs B may fit at their forward ends in recesses in the head or end a, and are readily removable; but at the same time the sliding frame (J may beapplied or removed at will through the recesses 6 When the sliding frame has been sufficient-ly retracted the forward end passes upward in the recesses 6 and the standard D and follower D are inclined rearward, the bevel b and lugs b serving to hold it secure in that position. The lever-arm serves as a handle to withdraw the standard and follower.

Instead of the duplex frames B and sliding frame 0, I may make in the bottom a 1ongitudinal dovetail groove, or employ a central longitudinalmaledovetailed bar, H, havingears h, which operate in the recesses b, and a female dovetailed sliding frame, I, having beveled surface t', a wedge or wedge-shaped cam operat ing between the male dovetailed bar H and .the bevel '5, to hold the frame in any desired position Various modifications in details of construc tion may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of my invention; and it may be understood that a wedge may be used to prevent the retroaction of the sliding frame.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a paper-file, anadjustable sliding stand ard carrying the follower movable thereon, combined witha cam-lever, arranged substantially as described, to hold the standard at any desired point by frictional contact, as specified.

2. In a paper-file, th holding-standard having pivoted to it a cam-lever to lock it in ad- 5 justed position, in combination with the follower movable on the standard, and adapted,

as described, to bear upon the entire forward vertical surface of the standard, substantially as specified.

3. A paper-file having a follower with a segmental arm, combined with a standard having a slot through which the said arm operates, and a holding-cam, whereby the follower may be locked in any desired position, substan- 1 tially as specified.

tral longitudinal groove, B b, with the sliding frame 0 c 0, standard D d, follower D, segmental arm E, and cam-leverF f, as and forthe purposes set forth.

5. The combination of the main frame of a paper-file and an adjustable sliding standard carrying the follower movable thereon with the frictional locking device, substantially as described, adapted to hold the standard in the position to which it may be adjusted.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. GORMAN.

Witnesses:

G. A. DUNNINGTON, HENDERSON FOWLER. 

